The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words, and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1911 - 337 sayfa |
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Sayfa 30
... reference to two things , parties , or per- sons ; among , in reference to a greater number . " Castor and Pollux with one soul between them . " " You have among you many a purchased slave . " When used to express contrast , the word ...
... reference to two things , parties , or per- sons ; among , in reference to a greater number . " Castor and Pollux with one soul between them . " " You have among you many a purchased slave . " When used to express contrast , the word ...
Sayfa 57
... reference to the body , or animal frame , in its proper sense ; corporeal , to the animal substance in an extended sense - opposed to spiritual . Corporal punish- ment ; corporeal or material form or substance . That to corporeal ...
... reference to the body , or animal frame , in its proper sense ; corporeal , to the animal substance in an extended sense - opposed to spiritual . Corporal punish- ment ; corporeal or material form or substance . That to corporeal ...
Sayfa 91
... executed , but the law and the sentence . The criminal is hanged . Expect . This verb always has reference to what is to come , never to what is past . We can not expect back- ward . Instead , therefore , of saying , “ THE VERBALIST . 91.
... executed , but the law and the sentence . The criminal is hanged . Expect . This verb always has reference to what is to come , never to what is past . We can not expect back- ward . Instead , therefore , of saying , “ THE VERBALIST . 91.
Sayfa 92
... reference to bursting , and to bursting with noise ; and it is for the most part forgotten , I should imagine , that these are all secondary and derived ; that to explode , originally an active verb , means , to drive off the stage with ...
... reference to bursting , and to bursting with noise ; and it is for the most part forgotten , I should imagine , that these are all secondary and derived ; that to explode , originally an active verb , means , to drive off the stage with ...
Sayfa 133
... reference to this it is flippantly asked , ' What does the house build ? ' ' What does the letter write ? ' etc. - taking for granted , without attempting to prove , that the participle in ing can not have a passive sense in any verb ...
... reference to this it is flippantly asked , ' What does the house build ? ' ' What does the letter write ? ' etc. - taking for granted , without attempting to prove , that the participle in ing can not have a passive sense in any verb ...
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adjective adverb American appears authority better built called careful writers clause Cobbett comma common correct diction Dictionary doubt ellipsis employed England English English language erly error euphonious example expression following sentence frequently gentleman give grammar grammarians Grant White hear idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect intended John kind lady language Latin less live locution look matter means Metonymy mind mood N. Y. Sun never nice noun object old English one's opinion participle passive persons phrase plural preposition present pronoun proper word qualify rarely reference reflexive pronouns relative relative pronouns rhetoric Richard Grant White rule Sally Brown say properly sense simply solecism Sometimes misused speak speakers speech Story subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous synonym taste tence term thing thou thought tion truth usage verb vulgarism Webster's Dictionary woman word is sometimes York